leak, leek

Leak or leak means the water or other substance that comes through a hole or crack, when you don't want it to--
The bathroom faucet has a leak. Call the plumber.
The boat sprang a leak and they nearly drowned.
Leak is also a verb ( action word ), meaning to spill out water or some other substance--
The radiator leaks. Take a jug of water with you.
The roof  leaks. Put a bucket under it until we can get it repaired.
News and information can also leak--
He was suspected of being the source of the news leak.
The reporter wouldn't tell the court how the information leaked out.

Leek or leek ( rhymes with leak ) means a vegetable, something like an enormous green onion--
She always chopped up a leek and put it in the chicken soup.
The recipe calls for a leek. Do we have one?

Now that you know that, you can say--
"I put the leek in a bowl of water, but the bowl had a leak and the floor is wet."

Note--"leaky" means having holes through which something can spill out, or in--
"We need a new tent. The old one is leaky."
"Leekie" is a Scotch word for "leek", as in "cock-a-leekie" soup--
He couldn't wait to get home, so he could enjoy a bowl of his grandmother's cock-a-leekie soup.